EGYPT, FOURTH QUARTER 2016: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 8 February 2017

National borders: GADM, November 2015b; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015a; Hala’ib triangle and Bir Tawil: UN Cartographic Section, March 2012; Occupied Palestinian Territory border status: UN Cartographic Sec- tion, January 2004; incident data: ACLED, January 2017; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015

Development of conflict incidents from December Conflict incidents by category 2014 to December 2016

category number of incidents sum of fatalities riots/protests 60 2 battle 41 230 remote violence 30 163 violence against civilians 29 45 strategic developments 10 0 total 170 440

This table is based on data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (datasets used: ACLED, January 2017). This graph is based on data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (datasets used: ACLED, January 2017). , FOURTH QUARTER 2016: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 8 FEBRUARY 2017

LOCALIZATION OF CONFLICT INCIDENTS

Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED dataset. More details are available in the actual dataset (date, location data, event type, involved actors, information sources, etc.). In the following list, the names of event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names are taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the map above.

In Ad Daqahliyah, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was affected: Al Mansurah.

In Al Bahr al Ahmar, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was affected: Ras Gharib.

In Al Buhayrah, 5 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were affected: Abu Hummus, , Kafr ad Dawwar.

In Al Fayyum, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was affected: Al Fayyum.

In Al Gharbiyah, 3 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following location was affected: .

In Al Iskandariyah, 3 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were affected: , Burj al-Arab.

In Al Isma‘iliyah, 3 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following location was affected: Ismailia.

In Al Jizah, 16 incidents killing 9 people were reported. The following locations were affected: 6th October City, Al Haram, Al Jizah, Al Umraniyah, At Talbeyah, Dokki, El , El-Nahda, El-Sheikh Zayed, Kirdasah, Manshiyat al Qanatir, Zamalek.

In Al Minufiyah, 7 incidents killing 2 people were reported. The following locations were affected: Ashmun, Kafr Dawoud, , Shama, Shibin al Kawm.

In Al Minya, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was affected: Minya.

In Al Qahirah, 28 incidents killing 36 people were reported. The following locations were affected: Ain Shams, Al Abbasiyah, Al Amiriyah, Al Basatin, , El-Salam, Garden City, Heliopolis, Mansheya Nasir, Nasr City, New Cairo City, Qasr Al-Nile, Tahrir Square.

In Al Qalyubiyah, 3 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations were affected: Abu Zaabal, Banha, El City.

In Al Uqsur, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was affected: Al Bairat.

In As Suways, 3 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were affected: Ain Sukhna, .

In Ash Sharqiyah, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was affected: Al Idwah.

In , 4 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was affected: Aswan.

In , 2 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations were affected: Asyut, .

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In Bani Suwayf, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was affected: Bani Suwayf.

In Bur Sa‘id, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following locations were affected: Hayy ash Sharq, .

In Dumyat, 1 incident killing 0 people was reported. The following location was affected: .

In Kafr ash Shaykh, 3 incidents killing 1 person were reported. The following locations were affected: Al-Hamoul, Kafr ash Shaykh.

In Shamal Sina’, 75 incidents killing 382 people were reported. The following locations were affected: Abu Tawilah, Al , Al Muqataah, An Nakhl, At Tumah, Bir Al-Abd, Bir Lahfan, Bir Masaid, El Avoa, Naj Shabbanah, Rafah, Sheikh Zuweiyid.

In Suhaj, 2 incidents killing 0 people were reported. The following location was affected: .

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METHODOLOGY

The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). ACLED collects data on reported conflict events in selected African and Asian countries, Egypt being among them. ACLED researchers collect event data from a variety of sources and code them by date, location, agent, and event type. For further details on ACLED and for the full data, see www.acleddata.com und Raleigh; Linke; Hegre, and Karlsen, 2010.

Based on these data, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) compiles updates on conflict incidents.

Incidents comprise the following categories: battle, headquarters or base established, non-violent strategic activities, riots/protests, violence against civilians, non-violent transfer of territory, remote violence. For details on these categories, please see

• ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) Codebook, 2017 http://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ACLED_Codebook_2017.pdf

• ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: User Guide, January 2017 http://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ACLED_User-Guide_2017.pdf

SOURCES

• ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: ACLED Version 7 (1997 – 2016) standard file, January 2017 http://www.acleddata.com/wp- content/uploads/2017/01/ACLED- Version- 7- All- Africa- 1997- 2016_dyadic-file.xlsx

• GADM – Global Administrative Areas: EGY_adm.zip, Version 2.8, November 2015a http://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm2.8/shp/EGY_adm.zip

• GADM – Global Administrative Areas: gadm28_levels.shp, Version 2.8, November 2015b http://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm2.8/gadm28_levels.shp.zip

• Raleigh, Clionadh; Linke, Andrew; Hegre, Håvard, and Karlsen, Joakim: “Introducing ACLED-Armed Conflict Location and Event Data”, in: Journal of Peace Research (47(5) 2010 ), pp. 651–660 http://jpr.sagepub.com/content/47/5/651.full.pdf+html

• Smith, Walter H. F. and Wessel, Paul: Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Geography (GSHHG), Version 2.3.4, 1 May 2015 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/data/gshhg/latest/

• UN Cartographic Section: General Map, January 2004 http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/israel.pdf

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• UN Cartographic Section: Sudan, March 2012 http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/4232_1407158723_sudan.pdf

DISCLAIMER

Most of the data collected by ACLED is gathered based on publicly available, secondary reports. It may therefore underestimate the volume of events. Fatality data particularly is vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting, and ACLED uses the most conservative estimate available. Furthermore, event data may be revised or complemented in future updates. The lack of information on an event in this report does not permit the inference that it did not take place. The boundaries and names displayed do not imply endorsement or acceptance by the Austrian Red Cross.

Cite as

• ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation: Egypt, fourth quarter 2016: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), 8 February 2017

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